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anterior crural nerve

DEFINITIONS OF: anterior crural nerve

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n one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh

Synonyms:
femoral nerve, nervus femoralis
Type of:
nervus spinalis, spinal nerve
any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)
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